Visitor To resident

Visitor To resident

Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times

Richard Jenkins, a frequent supportive guest in films, has his first lead role in the acclaimed indie The Visitor. His role as a lonely professor has buzz. Earlier this year, he was the gym manager pining for Frances McDormand in  Burn After Reading, his third Coen brothers movie.

Richard Jenkins, a frequent supportive guest in films, has his first lead role in the acclaimed indie The Visitor. His role as a lonely professor has buzz. Earlier this year, he was the gym manager pining for Frances McDormand in  Burn After Reading, his third Coen brothers movie. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Richard Jenkins, a frequent supportive guest in films, has his first lead role in the acclaimed indie The Visitor. His role as a lonely professor has buzz. Earlier this year, he was the gym manager pining for Frances McDormand in  Burn After Reading, his third Coen brothers movie.